Early intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorder / Russell Land, Terry B. Hancock, Nirbhay N. Singh, editors.

This book examines early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) programs for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It analyzes current research on early intervention (EI) and explains the importance of accurate, timely detection of ASD in facilitating the use of EI. Chapters address...

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Other Authors: Lang, Russell (Editor), Hancock, Terry B. (Editor), Singh, Nirbhay N. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing :$bImprint: Springer, 2016.
Series:Evidence-based practices in behavioral health.
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Table of Contents:
  • Overview of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention for Children with Autism / Russell Lang, Terry B. Hancock, and Nirbhay N. Singh
  • Early Diagnostic Assessment / Sarah Kuriakose and Rebecca Shalev
  • Discrete Trial Training / Dorothea C. Lerman, Amber L. Valentino, and Linda A. LeBlanc
  • Pivotal Response Treatment / Lynn Kern Koegel, Kristen Ashbaugh, and Robert L. Koegel
  • Early Start Denver Model / Meagan R. Talbott, Annette Estes, Cynthia Zierhut, Geraldine Dawson, and Sally J. Rogers
  • Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching / Nienke C. Peters-Scheffer, Bibi Huskens, Robert Didden, and Larah van der Meer
  • Enhanced Milieu Teaching / Terry B. Hancock, Katherine Ledbetter-Cho, Alexandria Howell, and Russell Lang
  • Training Parents to Implement Early Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders / Traci Ruppert, Wendy Machalicek, Sarah G. Hansen, Tracy Raulston, and Rebecca Frantz
  • Fad, Pseudoscientific, and Controversial Interventions / Jason C. Travers, Kevin Ayers, Richard L. Simpson, and Stephen Crutchfield.
  • Chapter 1: Overview of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention for Children with Autism; Introduction; Why Are Interventions for Autism Not Based on Etiology?; Biological and Nature-Based Etiological Theories; Environmental and Nurture-Based Etiological Theories; Early Intervention; Intensive Intervention; Behavioral Intervention; References; Chapter 2: Early Diagnostic Assessment; Introduction; DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for ASD; Prevalence of ASD.
  • Obstacles to Obtaining ASD Diagnostic Assessment and/or Accurate Diagnosis Assessment Practices; Screening for ASD; Level One; Level Two; Diagnosing ASD; Autism Diagnostic Tools; Developmental Assessment; Considerations for High-Risk Siblings; Novel Approaches to Diagnostic Assessment; Future Research; Implications for Practitioners and/or Families; References; Chapter 3: Discrete Trial Training; Introduction; DTT: Teaching Procedures and Variations; Prompt Fading and Error Correction; Reinforcement; Task Interspersal; Intertrial Interval (ITI)
  • Individual Versus Group Format Conditional Discriminations; Generalization; Measurement; The DTT Programming Model; Distraction Free Environment; Structured Curriculum; Trials and Intensity of Intervention; Guidelines for Implementing the DTT Programming Model; Starting the DTT Program and Services; Programs and Targets; Components of the Specific Instructional Program; Analysis of Progress and Program Modification; Facilitating and Evaluating Progress Towards Socially Meaningful Outcomes; Teaching Others to Implement DTT; Behavioral Skills Training; Alternative Modalities.
  • DTT Intervention Research: Large-Scale Outcomes Summary of the DTT Outcome Study Literature; Summary of Meta-analyses/Systematic Reviews; Suggestions for Future Research; References; Chapter 4: Pivotal Response Treatment; Introduction; Theoretical Basis in Learned Helplessness; Deficits Resulting from Learned Helplessness; Learned Helplessness and Autism; Increasing Motivation to Overcome Learned Helplessness; Instructions for Implementing PRT Procedures; Child Choice; Reinforcing Attempts; Direct and Natural Reinforcers; Interspersing Maintenance and Acquisition Tasks.
  • Task Variation The Motivational Package of PRT; Pivotal Areas; Initiations; Self-Management; Response to Multiple Cues; Empathy; Review of Research on PRT Procedures; Suggestions for Future Research; Implications for Families and Practitioners; References; Chapter 5: Early Start Denver Model; Introduction; The Early Start Denver Model: Origins and Implementation; Background and Theory; Practice and Implementation; Child Initial Skill Evaluation; Development of Children's Individualized Learning Objectives; Antecedents; Specifying the Target Behavior.